Little Feat were on Warner Bros Records from 1971's
Little Feat through 1990's
Representing the Mambo, but for a full decade of those 20 years, the band was inactive. Nevertheless, the records rounded up here -- which include the eight albums
Lowell George recorded with the band (the seminal 1978 live album
Waiting for Columbus is present in its 2002 expansion), plus the 1981 compilation
Hoy Hoy! and the two comeback albums, 1988's
Let It Roll and
Representing the Mambo; an edited version of the rarities disc from 2000's Hotcakes & Outtakes box is nicely included (the earliest songs have been excised) -- represent the group's core catalog. They'd continue to record into the new millennium -- 2012's
Rooster Rag is quite good -- but these albums have the songs and sensibility that built their legacy, which does include their remarkably successful return in 1988. All the albums are presented as mini-LPs and the set is affordable, making this a very appealing bargain for all kinds of
Feat fanatics. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine